The Thief of Bagdad

In Bagdad, the young and naive Sultan Ahmad is curious about the behavior of his people. The Grand Vizier Jaffar convinces Ahmad to walk through the city disguised as a subject to know his people. Then he seizes the power telling to the inhabitants that Ahmad has died while he sends his army to arrest the Sultan that is thrown into the dungeons and sentenced to death. Ahmad befriends the young thief Abu that helps him to escape from the prison. They flee to Basra and plan to travel abroad with Sinbad. However Ahmad stumbles upon the beautiful princess and they fall in love with each other. But the evil Jaffar has also traveled to Basra to propose to marry the princess. When they each other, Jaffar uses magic to blind Ahmad and turn Abu into a dog. Is their love doomed? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The Thief of Bagdad is a 1940 English-language Adventure Family motion picture starring Conrad Veidt, Sabu, John Justin, June Duprez, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson and Ben Williams. London Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Alexander Korda. The Thief of Bagdad is written by Lajos B R and Miles Malleson and it is directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger and Tim Whelan. United Artists acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Thief of Bagdad was released on 25th December 1940 and takes a screen time of 106 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The film made a box office gross of $0 million. Cinematography was done by George Perinal and editing by Charles Crichton. The music was composed by Mikl S R Zsa.
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